LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A Tustin man is in stable condition after an
E-Cigarette exploded in his mouth.

Jesse Milk spent the last week in an Orange
County hospital recovering after an E-Cig explosion caused serious damage to
his mouth.

A small piece of the apparatus was actually
found embedded in his mouth, and had to be surgically removed.

The 26-year-old suffered second-degree burns,
and was stunned to find a piece of the E-Cig lodged in his tongue when he
arrived at the hospital.

Luckily for Milk, three of his teeth, now shattered,
slowed down the force of the E-Cig part or he could have choked to death.

“He had to be taken to surgery immediately so
that this part of the E-Cigarette that was embedded in his tongue had to be
removed, and then his tongue had to be repaired, along with the lip area around
it,” Director of the OC Burn Center Dr. Andrea Dunkelman said.